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Re: kernel-source-2.6.0-test1?



On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 03:29:51PM -0500, Marino Fernandez wrote:
> I cannot help you with the debian way... that I found more complex than the 
> regular way.
> 
> Download a pristine kernel (get 2.6.0-test2)
> cd /usr/src
> Untar kernel in /usr/src
> mv linux linux~
> ln -s linux-2.6.0-test2 linux
> make menuconfig or make xconfig
> make
> make modules_install
> Put bzimage in /boot, rename it vmlinuz-2.6.0-test2
> Update lilo or grub
> reboot

Please tell me how that is less complex than

$ cd <kernel source dir>
$ fakeroot make-kpkg --config menu kernel_image
$ sudo dpkg -i ../kernel-image-<whatever the version was>.deb
$ sudo reboot

I just don't get it.

noah

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